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Title: Gendering Depression, Drugs, and Crime Among Young Adults
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Thompson, Melissa Woo, Hyeyoung |
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Gendering Depression, Drugs, and Crime Among Young Adults Presented: Chicago IL, American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, November 2012 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: American Society of Criminology Keyword(s): Crime; Depression (see also CESD); Drug Use; Gender Differences; Substance Use Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Previous literature suggests that there are ‘gendered responses’ to psychological distress: Females tend to experience higher levels of depressive symptoms while males tend to exhibit disruptive behaviors (e.g., substance use). While the link substance use and criminal offending has been established, the question of whether or not the gendered responses have different influences on committing a crime has not been well understood. This study identifies the gendered effects of depression and substance abuse on self-reported criminal behavior focusing on young adults. Using data from multiple rounds of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 Cohort (N=8,984), we performed a lagged logistic regression model to estimate probability of committing crimes in their early twenties associated with depression and substance use during their teens. Our preliminary results indicate that earlier experience of depression and substance use are associated with committing crime later. However, they also revealed gendered effects of depression. While the effects of depression on crime are stronger for females, no gender difference in the link between substance use and crime was found. In order to better understand the gendered effects, we also perform multivariate logit models with various mediators/moderators progressively adjusted. |
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Thompson, Melissa and Hyeyoung Woo. "Gendering Depression, Drugs, and Crime Among Young Adults." Presented: Chicago IL, American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, November 2012. |